The famous cultural site Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen's Stepwell) is situated on the banks of which river?

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  1. Hooghly River
  2. Yamuna River
  3. Mahanadi
  4. Saraswati River

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Option 4 : Saraswati River
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The correct answer is Saraswati River.
  • Rani-ki-Vav, on the banks of the Saraswati River, was initially built as a memorial to a king in the 11th century AD. It is located in Gujarat.
  • It is an exceptional example of a distinctive form of subterranean water architecture of the Indian subcontinent.
  • This stepwell was built by the Solanki dynasty’s queen Udayamati in the 11th century as a memorial to her deceased husband Bhimdev I.
  • Over the years, as the Saraswati river changed its course, the massive structure was flooded and lay buried until its excavation by the Archaeological Survey of India in the late 1980s.
  • Rani-ki-Vav highlights the sanctity of water as it is designed as an inverted temple under the earth’s surface. 
  • The new 100 rupee note (colored Lavender)  features the motif of 'Rani ki Vav', Queen's Stepwell, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat's Patan. 
Hooghly River The Hooghly River is a distributary of the holy Ganga or Ganges River. it is a river in West Bengal state and a lifeline for people of West-Bengal.
Yamuna River Yamuna river originates from the Yamunotri glacier in the Himalayas.  Its total length is 1376 kmThe Taj Mahal is situated on the banks of the Yamuna River.
Mahanadi The Mahanadi is the major river in East Central India, flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Hirakund Dam is on the river Mahanadi.
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